Stipa. ]} CXLIV, GRAMINER, 565 
Ligula elongated, not cilia 
Panicle dense, enclosed E the base in the broad 
r leaf-sheath. Awn 3t 0 5 i in. long. 
Ligula 2 re 4 lines . . 5. S. compressa. 
Panicle ritur loose, ex length very Vy. Aw 
in. Li rounded, 1 to 2 lines . . 6. S. Drummondii. 
about 2 i 
Panicle dense and uo dam 2 to 4 i gn Awn 
Ws x in. Leaves rather long, subulate . . 7. S. pyenostachya. 
if 8. SS. setacea. 
n 
Panicle loo Leaves ve liform 
ikola short, “elit, Awn plumose- -hairy i in the 
low 
Panigs Feeds 6 to 10 in. long. Awn 1} to 
long, shortly plumose-hairy all round E is 
end or higher up . . 5 9; S. semibarbata. 
Panicle rather den se, 4 to 5 in, “Awn about 1 in ^ 
et 2 middle with long. hairs 
urned to . 10. S. hemipogon. 
Liga short, ciliate, nene glabrous or slightly pu- 
fiver Gas usually slightly ee and truncate 
x beets d dem the end. Flowering glume nar- 
nar or at Senge long and 
0080 . ll. S. pubescens. 
Lowest glume usually 3- -po ointed. Flowering glume 
rather broad. Panicle aid . 12, S. aristiglumis. 
Lowest glume always fine-poin 
Bulbous base of the stem duel woolly. Leaves 
long, fili form, flexuose 13. S. eriopus. 
Base of = — and lower leaf-sheaths smooth 
ning. Leaves filiform, hispid with 
spre ade . 14. S. trichophylla. 
ain slender, wich or ‘pubescent, the upper 
sheaths sometimes dilated. Panicle loose . 15. S. scabra. 
-1. 8. elegantissima, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. i. 23, t. 29.—Ste 
from a horizontal rhizome erect and branching, ri id oa or 
slender, 2 to 3 ft. high. Leaves narrow, mostly erect, convolute when 
y; gla rous. Panicle very loose; 6 to 8 in. long, at length broadly 
awn.. Awn 1 to 14 in. mpra or sometimes even longer. Palea less 
than $ as long. as the glume.—R. Br. Prod. 175; Hoo . Tasm. 
ii. 111, Nees in Pl. Preiss. ii. 99; F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 103. 
N.S. Wales From the Lachlan and Darling to the western boundary, Vic- 
torian and other Expedition 
Victoria. Murray ind “Wimmera Rivers, id Mueller. 
asmania?  Labillardiére,l.c. Labillardiére's specimen m Capt. — 
herb, R. Brown is, however, marked * Nouv. Holl. Sud.Ouest, and the species has 
>) other Tasmanian collection 
From the Murray to St, Vincent's A. Spencer's Gulfs, F. Mueller 
and others ; ence Enola and Fowler's qM 
